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i have a pile of sunflower seeds and am thoroughly sick of toasting them for salads (and that barely makes a dent in the bag anyways). any recipe suggestions? (i'm not a big fan of the sunflower-oatmeal cookie route..)
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9 Comments:
I add them to banana bread.
srhcb at 9:43PM on 03/07/08
Add them to trail mix with nuts, pumpkin seeds and dried fruits. I wonder how they'd taste in pesto? Could also be added to granola, or added to any cereal, or homemade baked good - breads especially. If you're not going to use them up quickly, I'd keep them in the freezer. You don't want the oil to go rancid.
PerkyMac at 10:02PM on 03/07/08
I've added them to bread dough (whole and chopped), and the amount of seeds a single batch of dough can absorb without being weighed down is quite amazing. I personally prefer them in a whole grain bread, but any other kind would work, too.
mongoose at 11:08AM on 03/08/08
I love to add them to whole grain bread and always put them in my granola along with pumpkin seeds and a lot of other nuts. I like to sprinkle some on peanut butter for PBJ's. It might sound a little crazy, but they are really good in a tuna salad with grapes, celery and mayo.
I think you could pretty much use them like pine nuts. Just substitute wherever pine nuts are called for.
frederika at 2:00AM on 03/09/08
I, being allergic to nuts, use them as a replacement for them really often. I have a source of nut-free processing plant seeds, or "untainted" as I call them. :P
I put them in my veggie burger patties I make about once every two weeks to keep me in stock, but the best thing I've put them in lately is a cookie recipe.
This one: http://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=611
The batter is nearly as delicious as the finished product, and this from someone who hates cookie dough. It tasted strongly of caramel corn to me. Mmmmmm........
feriorrenna at 9:40AM on 03/09/08
Do you like peanut butter? You could try toasting a couple of cups and make sunflower seed butter.
I've made nut butters before but have never tried sunflower seeds; I imagine the process is very similar.
Plus, It's a good way to make a big dent in the bag if that's what you want. ;]
jazzinx at 11:40AM on 03/09/08
Sunflower seed butter is fabulous. So sweet/salty/creamy, with a taste very unlike peanut butter. Yum.
Put your sunflower seeds into these cookies (banana, sunflower seed, chocolate chip): http://homecooking.about.com/od/cookierecipes/r/blcookie29.htm
They look delicious.
Christina at 5:31PM on 03/10/08
Also, as an addendum--no oatmeal in those cookies. :) Hopefully that makes them more acceptable.
Christina at 5:31PM on 03/10/08
A bread could be nice or why not just eat them?! So what if they last forever (I've had a bag at my desk for about 2 or 3 months now and it's still about 3/4 full and I swear I've been eating them). They don't go bad!
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 11:20AM on 03/14/08